Rate My Professor Nate Bicak

Nate Bicak is an Associate Professor of Interior Design in the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Design in Interior Design in 2007 and a Master of Architecture in 2010, both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where his master's thesis focused on Generating Public Space: An Intermodal Transit Center for Austin, TX. Bicak joined the UNL faculty in 2016 as an Assistant Professor after serving in the same role at Radford University from 2013 to 2016, where he secured grant funding for an interdisciplinary tiny house design/build class and established campus maker spaces. Prior academic roles at UNL include full-time Lecturer (2012-2013), part-time Lecturer (2011), and Graduate Teaching Assistant (2007-2010). His professional practice includes Lead Designer at Dwellings Co., an affordable housing startup in Blacksburg, Virginia (2014-2015); Design Director and Co-Founder of Narrative Design Studio in Lincoln, Nebraska (2011-2013); and Design Intern at RDG Planning and Design in Omaha (2006). Bicak teaches courses in residential design, retail and hospitality design, material application, building codes, construction methodologies, and construction documentation. His research interests center on the application of making in design education, makerspaces, and the integration of emerging technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles in professional design practice. He is a member of the Carnegie Mellon MakeSchool Alliance.